Thomas Bourchier (cardinal)
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| Education | University of Oxford |
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Thomas Bourchier (1404 – 30 March 1486)
Origins
Bourchier was a younger son of
He was educated at the University of Oxford, after which he entered the church and obtained rapid promotion.[3]
Career
After holding some minor appointments he was consecrated Bishop of Worcester on 15 May 1434.[4] In the same year of 1434 he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and in 1443 was appointed Bishop of Ely.[5] In April 1454 he was made Archbishop of Canterbury,[6] and became Lord Chancellor of England in March 1455.[7]
Bourchier's short term of office as chancellor coincided with the start of the
In 1457 Bourchier took the chief part in the trial for heresy of
The third English king crowned by Bourchier was King Henry VII (1485–1509), whom he also married to Elizabeth of York in January 1486.[3]
Death and burial
Bourchier died on 30 March 1486
Citations
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2993. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- OCLC 53276621.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 280.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 245.
- ^ a b Fryde et al. 1996, p. 234.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 87.
References
- Fryde, E. B.; ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bourchier, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 329.
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